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Breaker 101 – Online Web Security Course

54 points by daeken 11y ago

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daeken 11y ago
Breaker 101 launched about 3 years ago on HN. At that point, it was extremely time-intensive (for students and myself) and cost about $1000. The price only went up over time, which meant that fewer and fewer people could afford this information. Today I'm happy to announce the new Breaker 101. Same great material, but for a fraction of the price -- only $149. I truly believe that every programmer would benefit from this course, and now it's accessible to many, many more people than ever before.
choward 11y ago
Cool ad, bro.
- dang 11y ago
  Come on, that's not nice. daeken's been a fine HN user for years, and hasn't posted this project since 2014. That's hardly overdoing it, and HN is supposed to be a place where people can share their work.
  - dan1234 11y ago
    Is it really appropriate as a "Show HN" though, or should it really have been a more general submission? Feels like a link to a 'paid only' project goes against the spirit.
    - dang 11y ago
      Fair point, and my mistake. I added "Show HN" earlier since daeken is the creator of the project, but I forgot to check that there was a way to try it out. We'll take that bit out again.
chasb 11y ago
Nice. Are you using an LMS, or did you roll your own?
- daeken 11y ago
  Everything is running on my own platform (aside from videos hosted on Youtube). As the class has evolved, the platform has grown quite considerably, but it's really held up well. I've considered moving it to something off-the-shelf, but I like the flexibility that I have with my codebase; anything that students want, I can typically implement quickly.
fujipadam 11y ago
Looks great - what is the time commitment to go through the entire course?
- daeken 11y ago
  It's 99% self-driven and constantly expanding, so it's tough to pinpoint an exact number. But for the content as it is right now, it's 20-40 hours of work. Some people take more or less time (depending on prior experience, distractions, etc), but that's the ballpark. The only thing that's strictly timed are the two "mid term" exams, which are 4 hours each.

54 points by daeken 11y ago

deleted 11y ago

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Breaker 101 launched about 3 years ago on HN. At that point, it was extremely time-intensive (for students and myself) and cost about $1000. The price only went up over time, which meant that fewer and fewer people could afford this information. Today I'm happy to announce the new Breaker 101. Same great material, but for a fraction of the price -- only $149. I truly believe that every programmer would benefit from this course, and now it's accessible to many, many more people than ever before.

choward 11y ago

Cool ad, bro.

dang 11y ago
Come on, that's not nice. daeken's been a fine HN user for years, and hasn't posted this project since 2014. That's hardly overdoing it, and HN is supposed to be a place where people can share their work.
- dan1234 11y ago
  Is it really appropriate as a "Show HN" though, or should it really have been a more general submission? Feels like a link to a 'paid only' project goes against the spirit.
  - dang 11y ago
    Fair point, and my mistake. I added "Show HN" earlier since daeken is the creator of the project, but I forgot to check that there was a way to try it out. We'll take that bit out again.

chasb 11y ago

Nice. Are you using an LMS, or did you roll your own?

daeken 11y ago
Everything is running on my own platform (aside from videos hosted on Youtube). As the class has evolved, the platform has grown quite considerably, but it's really held up well. I've considered moving it to something off-the-shelf, but I like the flexibility that I have with my codebase; anything that students want, I can typically implement quickly.

fujipadam 11y ago

Looks great - what is the time commitment to go through the entire course?

daeken 11y ago
It's 99% self-driven and constantly expanding, so it's tough to pinpoint an exact number. But for the content as it is right now, it's 20-40 hours of work. Some people take more or less time (depending on prior experience, distractions, etc), but that's the ballpark. The only thing that's strictly timed are the two "mid term" exams, which are 4 hours each.